MUMBAI: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday lauded the Dharavi model to contain the coronavirus spread. Asia“s largest slum spread over 2.25
MUMBAI: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday lauded the Dharavi model to contain the coronavirus spread.
Asia”s largest slum spread over 2.25 sq.kms, Dharavi has made a dramatic return from the brink in the ongoing war against coronavirus and reported a single-digit rise in COVID-19 cases.
On Friday, Dharavi reported 12 new cases, taking its tally to 2,359.
Speaking at a media briefing on Friday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cited various examples that has yielded impressive results, Dr Tedros said, “In Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, New Zealand, Italy, Spain and South Korea and even in Dharavi, a densely packed area in Mumbai, a strong focus on community engagement and the basics of testing, tracing, isolating and treating all those that are sick is key to breaking the chains of transmission and suppressing the virus.
